The experience is good, make me feel safe. The reasons I have guns are first I just like guns, and it can protect me and my family. Keep it in a higher place where the kids can not reach or they can not find, but you can grap it easily and seperate the gun and magazine but make sue you can put them together quickly. I have 3 hand guns and 3 rifles and am thinking to get a shot gun. I got to goverment fire range to shoot. It cost $2/person.